The retro-Volvo stunner

The Volvo Amazon is a classic, but it's not something that leaps to mind when one thinks, "Hot Rod." Mattias Vöcks, a Swede in the employ of the supertuner, Koenig, has changed that forever with his VÖX-Amazon, a '67 Amazon that he turned into one of the most smile-inducing hot rods you'll ever set eyes on. The car was voted "Sweden's Hottest Volvo," an honor that earned Vöcks and his 600 horsepower six-cylinder station wagon passage to Vegas, where the car is is proudly displayed at Volvo's SEMA booth.

Slammed low to the ground, finished in a glossy blue-grey paint and sporting multi-piece black wheels, mesh grilles, a big, fat side-exit exhaust, and a red interior that's all business, With that kind of juice underhood, it could hold its own at the stoplight showdowns, too.